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Are We Making a Difference? Lessons Learned from VINE Program Evaluations.
Hollweg, Karen S. – 1997
The Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology, or VINE Program, gives children opportunities to discover and investigate the plants, animals, and ecological relationships that exist right in their own neighborhoods through hands-on natural science investigations. It was established by Denver Audubon Society members as an urban education…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Volunteers Teaching Children: A Guide for Establishing VINE Ecology Education Programs.
Hollweg, Karen S. – 1995
"Volunteers Teaching Children" describes the Volunteer-led Investigations in Neighborhood Ecology, or VINE Programs, established by Denver Audubon Society members as an urban education project, and how that model has been adapted to draw on the human and financial resources available in other cities. VINE Programs give children…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Ecology
Building a Culture of Collaboration through Hybrid Language Practices.
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Gutierrez, Kris D.; Baquedano-Lopez, Patricia; Alvarez, Hector H.; Chiu, Ming Ming – Theory into Practice, 1999
Describes a group of participants in a highly productive, nonformal learning environment that exemplifies the practices of a collaborative community. Diverse elementary students and university undergraduates participate in entertaining educational activities within an after-school computer club. The club focuses on hybrid literacy practices and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Uses in Education